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 | | Andromeda -- the ship itself, possessing a consciousness and now a body, thanks to Harper in a process called "ship made flesh." This last is very intriguing, in that in the Star Trek universe, the captain was in love with the ship; in "Andromeda," the ship is in love with the captain. |
 | | I don't know if this was intended, but the "ship made flesh" aspect of Andromeda's character represents (to me) the concretization of the ideal woman -- going from a creature of mere artificial intelligence to a woman of flesh and blood (well, she's a fully functional android). |
 | | Now, it remains to be seen if the creators of Andromeda will show him winning by convincing the rest of his crew of the correctness of his stance; or whether he will be shown "winning" by getting the crew to accept other philosophies and their applications as irrelevant -- i.e. |
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